Archive · 21 May 2025
Mumbai Police Arrest IPS Officer's Husband in Real Estate Scam
A man named Purushottam Chavan, married to a police officer, is in trouble.
He and his friends tricked people by promising cheap houses.
They took almost 25 crore rupees from 19 people.
They used fake documents to make it seem real.
The police caught him, and he's been sent to jail.
He was also already in jail for another money scam before this.
The police are checking how he got the fake papers and if anyone helped him.
Purushottam Chavan, husband of an IPS officer, was arrested by Mumbai's EOW.
Chavan and accomplices allegedly defrauded 19 individuals of ₹24.78 crore.
Victims were promised flats at low prices using fabricated government documents.
Chavan was taken into custody from Arthur Road jail and remanded until May 26.
The ED previously arrested Chavan in a ₹263 crore Income Tax TDS scam.
- Who
- Purushottam Chavan, husband of an IPS officer, and his associates
- What
- Chavan was arrested for allegedly swindling ₹24.78 crore from 19 individuals.
- When
- Tuesday
- Where
- Mumbai
- Why
- They promised flats at low prices using forged documents.
- Accused
- Purushottam Chavan
- Charge
- Real estate fraud
- Amount swindled
- ₹24.78 crore
- Number of victims
- 19
- Involved in
- Income Tax TDS scam
- Investigating Agency
- Economic Offences Wing (EOW)
